Multiple flags of one country? Flags of various, different countries? Is the American flag relevant? Semaphore flags? An electronic method of highlighting something for one's attention? (For example, some email servers allow one to "flag" an email for just this purpose.) Metaphorical 'red flags' that indicate something to be wrong?

Instead of being happy, were you / the person who was happy: sad? disappointed? angry? confused? dead/dying/severely injured?

Do the flags indicate that something has happened? Or is about to? Or rather does the flags' presence only show the situation to be different than first believed (and so it was a mistake/misunderstanding that led to the happiness in the first place)?

Multiple flags of one country? Flags of various, different countries? Is the American flag relevant? Semaphore flags? An electronic method of highlighting something for one's attention? (For example, some email servers allow one to "flag" an email for just this purpose.) Metaphorical 'red flags' that indicate something to be wrong? No to all.

Instead of being happy, were you / the person who was happy: sad? disappointed? This one. angry? confused? dead/dying/severely injured?

Do the flags indicate that something has happened? Or is about to? Or rather does the flags' presence only show the situation to be different than first believed (and so it was a mistake/misunderstanding that led to the happiness in the first place)? This one; others are not strictly false but may be misleading.

Is this flag a normal flag; ie what we normally think of when we think of flags?

Signal flags? Flags on a flagpole? Flags flying? Handheld flags? Any national flags involved? Flags of a smaller section of a country (state/province/county/SSR/shire etc)? Flags denoting allegiance to something? To a group? A concept? A military or paramilitary unit?

Is this flag a normal flag; ie what we normally think of when we think of flags? Please clarify with a definition.

Signal flags? Flags on a flagpole? Flags flying? Handheld flags? Any national flags involved? Flags of a smaller section of a country (state/province/county/SSR/shire etc)? Flags denoting allegiance to something? To a group? A concept? A military or paramilitary unit? No to all.

Number fo flags relevant? The exact number isn't important. If so, more than: 2? 5? 10? 37? Between 10 and 37. 101? 768? Are they real physical flags? Yes. Or flags painted onto a surface? No. Are you seeing them directly? Yes. Or through some sort of viewing device? So no.

Are they country flags? State flags? Any politics involved? The military? Boy scouts? Are people carrying the flags? Are ships involved? No to all.

Are they white flags? Pirate flags? Are you watching a: show? Movie? Parade? Are the flags: on the ground? Folded? Packaged? did you expect/hope for: no flags? Different flags? Are they flags with the word "bang", ejected from toy guns? Are the flags silly? Or are they making something else silly?

Can the flags be flown or waved? Are they made of cloth? Some other natural material? Do they have eyeholes? Are they visible from a distance? Are they corporeal, or perhaps composed of electrons instead? Are they images of flags rather than the flags themselves?

Are they outside or inside? Close to the ground or above it? Is anything besides the flags relevant - people? Animals? Plants? Weather? Time of day?

Are they normal cloth flags? No. Are they hung up? No. On a building? No.

Are they white flags? No. Pirate flags? No. Are you watching a: show? Movie? Parade? None of these. Are the flags: on the ground? Folded? Packaged? None of these. did you expect/hope for: no flags? This one. Different flags? Are they flags with the word "bang", ejected from toy guns? No. Are the flags silly? No. Or are they making something else silly? No.

Geographical location relevant? No.Were you in the US? Yes.In a city? Yope, but as I said, not relevant.

Can the flags be flown or waved? No. Are they made of cloth? No. Some other natural material? Define "natural." Do they have eyeholes? No. Are they visible from a distance? No. Are they corporeal, or perhaps composed of electrons instead? Most things one can see are composed of electrons, but yes, they are corporeal in the usual sense. Are they images of flags rather than the flags themselves? No.

Are they outside or inside? The latter. Close to the ground or above it? Depends on your definition of "close" and not really relevant. Is anything besides the flags relevant - people? Yesish. Animals? Plants? Weather? Time of day? No to rest, but other things are relevant.

Are they bigger than: a human hair? Fingernail? Hand? Magazine? Newspaper? Desk? Car? bus? House? Are you disappointed because there are flags? Because they are plastic? Environmentalism relevant? Protest?

Are they on thick plastic? Thin? This. Hard? Soft? And this. Solid? This as well. Melted?

Are they bigger than: a human hair? Fingernail? Hand? Between fingernail and hand size. Magazine? Newspaper? Desk? Car? bus? House? Are you disappointed because there are flags? This one. Because they are plastic? Environmentalism relevant? Protest?

Are they intended to be stuck on cars? Car windows? Do they make a political statement? Another statement intended to "send a message," so to say? By any chance, is the Gadsden flag relevant? None of these.

Is it the flag of a particular group? No. Club? No. Is the specific flag relevant? No. Are the flags on top of something? Under? Inside? Outside? Partly inside, partly outside. On the side of? Next to?

Wild guess: Are these the flags sometimes attached to skewers or toothpicks stuck into food, to make them more visible, and you were unhappy because you were already starting to bite into the food when you saw them?

In the likely event this isn't it, are the flags one solid color each? or are there multiple colors on each? Relevant? Did you need to remove the flags? or alter them in some other way?

Wild guess: Are these the flags sometimes attached to skewers or toothpicks stuck into food, to make them more visible, and you were unhappy because you were already starting to bite into the food when you saw them? No, but nice idea.

In the likely event this isn't it, are the flags one solid color each? This one. or are there multiple colors on each? Relevant? Not really.Did you need to remove the flags? or alter them in some other way? Neither.

Are the supposed to alert you to something? That something is/will be present? That something has happened/will happen? Are they those little flags the electric company plants when they dig up your lawn?

Are the supposed to alert you to something? That something is/will be present? That something has happened/will happen? Are they those little flags the electric company plants when they dig up your lawn? None of these.

Did you find the flags: ugly? Tacky? Unnecessary? Blasphemous? Dangerous? Have you worked against there being flags? Did you hope there would be something else instead? Or just an absence of flags? Is this a one time event? Or something that happens with regular intervals? Or irregular? If so, were there flags at earlier occasions? Were you disappoint then as well?

Did you find the flags: ugly? Tacky? Unnecessary? Blasphemous? Dangerous? None of these. Have you worked against there being flags? No. Did you hope there would be something else instead? Or just an absence of flags? This one. Is this a one time event? This was. Or something that happens with regular intervals? Or irregular? But it could be this. If so, were there flags at earlier occasions? No, this is the first time. Were you disappoint then as well? I would have been.

Did you find the flags: wasteful? Inappropriate? Wrong? Stupid? Annoying? Dissonant with the purpose/spirit of the event? Was it an anti-flag rally? Vehicles involved? Were the flags supposed to make it more festive? Is it a funeral?

Did the flags mean something? Yes. That something happened? Couldn't happen? Was going to happen? This one. That something happened to someone? Something?

Did you find the flags: wasteful? Inappropriate? Wrong? Stupid? Annoying? Dissonant with the purpose/spirit of the event? This is closest, for SVVs of "event." Was it an anti-flag rally? Vehicles involved? Were the flags supposed to make it more festive? Is it a funeral? No to all these.

Are the flags: handheld? On sticks? On strings? On surfaces? On clothing? Are they stickers? Are they rectangular? Triangular? Do the flag mean something bad is going to happen? Something annoying? Something that doesn't belong at this time/place?

Are the flags: handheld? On sticks? On strings? On surfaces? On clothing? Are they stickers? This one, for slightly vague values of "stickers" Are they rectangular? This one. Triangular? Do the flag mean something bad is going to happen? Something annoying? Something that doesn't belong at this time/place? None of these.

Do the flags reflect on a relevant surface? Are the flags on flagpoles? Neither.

Could you please recap?

I saw something which made me happy. Then I saw the flags, and I was disappointed, because they showed the situation to be different than I had initially believed. I would not have been disappointed had the flags not been there. The flags are somewhat like stickers in nature, are rectangular in shape, and are between a fingernail and a hand in size. There were somewhere between 10 and 37 flags.

Are any of these relevant: Who put the flags there? What was written on them (provided something was written)? Who wrote them? What kind of book that was? Why did you look into the book? That it was or wasn't your book?

Were they pictures of flags? No. Were they inserted into the book? Yes.

Are any of these relevant: Who put the flags there? Yes. What was written on them (provided something was written)? Nothing was. Who wrote them? FA, I think. What kind of book that was? Yes. Why did you look into the book? FAish That it was or wasn't your book? Yes.

Did you actually see the book directly? Yes. Or did you only see a picture of it? So no. The person whose book it was - H? A? M? H/A/F. Do you know him/her personally? No to rest. Do you know of him/her?

Was the person supposed to be doing something for you, but wasn't going to? Was the book a diary?

Random thought: Did you previously read the book? Was it flagged at some important chapter? Anna Karenina, when she goes in front of the train? Dante in the 3rd canto in Inferno? Is it this book that is relevant (as a physical object) or a copy could do it?

Was the book valuable? And shouldn't have had flags in it? Or did you think it was valuable, and realized it wasn't what you thought when you saw the flags? No to all.

Random thought: Did you previously read the book? No. Was it flagged at some important chapter? Several of them. Anna Karenina, when she goes in front of the train? No, but the book was Anna Karenina (this would work with other books, though.) Dante in the 3rd canto in Inferno? Is it this book that is relevant (as a physical object) or a copy could do it? Any copy would do.

Did the "flags" mean that the person was going to only read the important sections of the book? Rather than the whole book? (Sort of like Cliffs Notes/Sparknotes) Was the person going to cheat on the test? Was the person reading the book the same person who flagged it?

Did the "flags" mean that the person was going to only read the important sections of the book? Most likely so. Rather than the whole book? (Sort of like Cliffs Notes/Sparknotes) Was the person going to cheat on the test? No. Was the person reading the book the same person who flagged it? Yes.

I saw a girl reading Anna Karenina on the train. For a split second, I was excited to see someone reading such a challenging book, but then I saw the flags, and realized she was probably only reading it -- and only what she had to -- for a grade. That's why I was disappointed.